The National Center for Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable pocket card designed to help healthcare providers measure the risk of patient falls. Healthcare providers can use the Morse Fall ...
The latest data analysis from the ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Patient Safety Organization (PSO) ...
Maple Tree Cancer Alliance was awarded a grant research grant to look at an often-overlooked risk in cancer care: falls among ...
Falls are a serious public health problem globally, particularly in acute care hospitals, where hospitalized patients are at high risk for falls and may experience adverse outcomes such as prolonged ...
Across 8,584 U.S. acute care hospital units, higher nurse turnover is significantly associated with increased patient falls, according to a study published Dec. 29 in JAMA. Previous research has ...
Higher nurse turnover in hospitals was associated with an increase in patient falls, according to a December study published in JAMA Network Open. Long-term care operators may be able to learn from ...